44 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 252,314 times   279 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
  2. Jazini ex rel. Jazini v. Nissan Motor Co.

    148 F.3d 181 (2d Cir. 1998)   Cited 698 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "conclusory non-fact-specific jurisdictional allegations" and "legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation" do not meet the burden of a prima facie showing of jurisdiction
  3. Islamic Republic v. Pahlavi

    62 N.Y.2d 474 (N.Y. 1984)   Cited 707 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Diverging from federal doctrine on whether alternative forum must be available to consider forum non conveniens claims
  4. Longines-Wittnauer v. Barnes Reinecke

    15 N.Y.2d 443 (N.Y. 1965)   Cited 732 times
    Holding that minor activities, taken cumulatively, may meet statutory standard
  5. Kliebert v. McKoan

    228 A.D.2d 232 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)   Cited 279 times

    June 11, 1996 Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.). Although on a motion addressed to the sufficiency of a complaint, the facts pleaded are presumed to be true and accorded every favorable inference, nevertheless, allegations consisting of bare legal conclusions, as well as factual claims either inherently incredible or flatly contradicted by documentary evidence, are not entitled to such consideration ( Mark Hampton, Inc. v. Bergreen, 173 A.D.2d 220, lv denied 80 N.Y

  6. Shin-Etsu Chem. Co., Ltd. v. Icici Bank Ltd.

    9 A.D.3d 171 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)   Cited 122 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding that India has a "keen() interest() in governing the affairs of its financial institutions to insure uniformity and consistency in the processing of financial transactions and in the interpretation of . . . banking statutes and laws"
  7. Silver v. Great Amer. Ins. Co.

    29 N.Y.2d 356 (N.Y. 1972)   Cited 292 times
    In Silver v. Great American Insurance Co., 29 N.Y.2d 356, 328 N.Y.S.2d 398, 278 N.E.2d 619 (1972), the New York Court of Appeals relaxed its previous strict requirement prohibiting the doctrine of forum non conveniens from being invoked if one of the parties was a resident of that state.
  8. Stravalle v. Land Cargo, Inc.

    39 A.D.3d 735 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)   Cited 65 times

    No. 2006-01779. April 17, 2007. In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, in which a third-party action was interposed for indemnification or contribution, the defendants third-party plaintiffs Land Cargo, Inc., and Fabio A. Garro, sued herein as Alberto Garro, appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kitzes, J), entered December 30, 2005, as granted those branches of the motion of the third-party defendant Bigler Trading Company

  9. Ehrlich-Bober v. University

    49 N.Y.2d 574 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 138 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Upholding personal jurisdiction over defendant public university located in Texas based upon use of a correspondent bank in New York to carry out a transaction with plaintiff New York securities dealer where other contacts existed—i.e., the disputed “reverse repurchase” agreements involved phone calls and visits to plaintiff's office in New York, and the placing of a securities order and delivery and payment in that office
  10. World Point v. Credito

    225 A.D.2d 153 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)   Cited 58 times
    Concluding the motion court improvidently retained the action while an action was pending on the same claims in Italy
  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 345,449 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Section 500.11 - Alternative procedure for selected appeals

    N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 500.11   Cited 536 times

    (a) On its own motion, the court may review selected appeals by an alternative procedure. Such appeals shall be determined on the intermediate appellate court record or appendix and briefs, the writings in the courts below and additional letter submissions on the merits. The clerk of the court shall notify all parties by letter when an appeal has been selected for review pursuant to this section. Appellant may request such review in its preliminary appeal statement. Respondent may request such review